# Incident 19820121032629I: Piper PA32R301T, Tuba City, AZ, January 21, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1982, 13:00 local time
- Place: Tuba City, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1251° N, 111.2467° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tuba City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1251&lon=-111.2467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83400, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 170 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820121032629I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FORCED TO LAND ON A ROAD DUE TO ICING. SCRAPED WING ON ROAD SIGN ON DEPARTURE AFTER ICE HAD MELTED OFF.

## Other reports on N83400 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19901122064519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901122064519I), Nov 22, 1990: Piper PA32R301T (N83400), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Landed with nose gear retracted. Found a worn piston o ring seal in the actuating cylinder.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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